青岛大学-英语研究生真题-607-基础英语-2008年.doc

此文档收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除青岛大学2008年硕士研究生入学试题科目代码：_607_ 科目名称：基础英语 (共9页)请写明题号，将答案全部写在答题纸上，答在试卷上无效Part One Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)A. Choose one of the four answers that best completes the sentence.1. In 1989 Carret Hongo was chosen as_ for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. A. his being one of the finalists B. to be one of the finalists C. one of the finalists D. the one finalist who2. The classic American novel Moby Dick_ an account of the conflict between human beings and their fate. A. may be regarded as B. as may be regarded C. regarded as may be D. regarded may be as3. It was novelist and poet _ in 1968 founded Jackson State Universitys Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People. A. Margaret Walker did B. Margaret Walker C. Margaret Walker who D. Margaret Walker and4. _ of green lumber may come from moisture in the wood. A. More weight than half B. Of the weight, more than half C. The weight is more than half D. More than half of the weight5. _ main processes involved in virtually all manufacturing: extraction, assembly, and alternation. A. There are three B. Three C. The three D. Three of the 6. The Expressionistic artist was concerned not with the reality of the subject matter but with _ inner nature and the emotions that it aroused. A. it has B. its C. what its D. is it whether7. One of the basic principles of wildlife conservation involves _ adequate natural food and shelter to maintain populations of each species in a given habitat. A. the provision B. that provision C. to provide D. providing8. _ one after another, parallel computers perform groups of operations at the same time. A. Conventional computers, by handling tasks B. Since tasks being handled by conventional computers C. Whereas conventional computers handle tasks D. While tasks handled by conventional computers9. The Liberty Bell, formerly housed in Independence Hall, _ in Philadelphia, was moved to a separate glass pavilion in 1976. A. which a historic building B. a historic building which C. was a historic building D. a historic building10. Stage producers Klaw and Erlanger were the first to eliminate arguments among leading performers _in order of appearance, instead of prominence. A. of whom list the program B. the program listing C. for them the program listed D. by listing them on the programB. Choose the one word or phrase which would best keep the meaning of the original sentence if they were substituted for the underlined word or phrase.11. Employees were told to take their grievances to the assistant manager. A. Salaries B. customers C. complaints D. suggestions 12. These brown insects are ubiquitous, arent they? A. eaten by birds B. found everywhere C. very destructive D. useful to farmers13. It is unwise to provoke strange animals. A. feed B. touch C. anger D. chase14. They say he and his brother are gullible, you know. A. very unpopular B. easily deceived C. physically similar D. generally frustrated15. When equipment becomes obsolete, it is time to replace it. A. run down B. out of date C. badly rusted D. expensive to repair16. Im glad to hear about the young mans good convalescence. A. recovery B. response C. appearance D. appointment17. The statement was attributed to Dr. Kohler.A. angrily denied by B. reportedly said by C. presumably repeated by D. carelessly published by18. Let me reiterate my main point. A. review B. report C. revise D. repeat19. Judge Jones decisions are generally regarded as being equitable. A. long B. clever C. fair D. popular20. Mr. Carson thought he was entitled to more assistance from the government. A. had received B. would obtain C. had a right to D. might apply for21. Some observers thought the war would be calamitous. A. marvelous B. hazardous C. tremendous D. disastrous22. The young couple continued their secret rendezvous last week. A. courses B. meetings C. messages D. conversations23. Some of the business practices of the chemical company make it a menace in this area. A. large employer B. major producer C. leader D. threat24. The doctor said Larrys main problem was obesity. A. being fat B. getting old C. smoking too much D. exercising too little25. They say the government is subsidizing the shipping industry. A. trying to destroy B. helping to support C. starting to develop D. continuing to operate26. The ideas of the religious group were denounced on yesterday evenings program on TV. A. praised B. ignored C. attacked D. explained 27. The main result of the meeting was unanimity. A. great anger B. great concern C. total agreement D. total confusion28. Mrs. Davis said she did not know what might alleviate her plan. A. cause B. ease C. stop D. prevent29. John soon learned that his time in the 100-meter race had been quite an accomplishment. A. a cancellation B. a complication C. an achievement D. an accompaniment30. It is a fact that Henry is quite rigid in his views. A. inflexible B. arrogant C. tolerant D. inaccurate31. Few people at first were able to see the magnitude of Africas food problems. A. limit B. size C. cause D. solution32. The Johnsons may decide to curtail their visit to Hawaii. A. cancel B. shorten C. lengthen D. re-schedule33. It was realized later that a serious nuclear accident had just been averted. A. avowed B. averred C. avoided D. avenged34. The building was evacuated within a very short time. A. opened B. emptied C. cleaned D. painted35. These chemicals have been found to be toxic to human life. A. useful B. harmless C. essential D. poisonous36. Mr. Smith inadvertently revealed to us a business secret. A. obviously B. surprisingly C. unintentionally D. unquestionably37. I have heard that those men are now under surveillance. A. being watched B. being questioned C. mapping property D. working underground38. That group was excellent at handling clandestine operations. A. secret B. medical C. cautious D. difficult39. A new law was passed to obtain more revenue for the local government. A. money B. power C. offices D. employees40. most of the conversation between the two men was intelligible. A. rapid B. clever C. disagreeable D. understandablePart Two Proof Reading and Error Correction ( 10 points) The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. For a wrong word,underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word,mark the position of the missing word with a “” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary wordcross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/”and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.“ Jazz began in New Orleans and worked its way up the river to Chicago,” is the announcement most investigators of mainstreamPopular culture are apt to make when dealing in the vague subject 1._of jazz and its origins. And while that is certainly a rational explanation, charmingly simple, it is more than likely true. Jazz could no more have 2._ begun in one area of the country than did blues. The mass migration of 3._ Negroes throughout the South and the general liberating effect of theEmancipation make that extremely difficult to say just exactly where 4._ and when jazz originated. It is easy to point out that jazz is music 5._that could not have existed without blues and its various antecedents. Moreover, jazz should not be thought of as a successor to blues, 6._ but a very original music that developed out of, and was concomitant with blues and moved off into its own path of development. One 7._interesting point is that although jazz was developed out of a kind 8._of blues, blues in their later popular connotation came to mean 9._a way of playing jazz, and by the swing era the widespread popularityof the blues singer had already been replaced by the jazz player. 10._ Part Three Translation from English into Chinese (30 Points) Only a few short weeks ago, we shared the glory of mans first sight of the world as God sees it, as a single sphere reflecting light in the darkness. As the Appollo astronauts flew over the moons gray surface on Christmas Eve, they spoke to us of the beauty of earth-and in that voice so clear across the lunar distance, we heard them invoke Gods blessing on its goodness.In that moment, their view from the moon moved poet Archibald MacLeish to write : “ To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold brothers who know how they are truly brothers.”In that moment of surpassing technological triumph, men turned their thoughts toward home and humanity - seeing in that far perspective that mans destiny on earth is not divisible; telling us that however far we reach into the cosmos, our destiny lies not in the stars but on earth itself, in our own hands and our own hearts.Part Four Reading Comprehension (30 Points)Passage One William Morris died 100 years ago and is remembered as one of the greatest and most attractive figures of Victorian Britain. As a designer and decorator Morris towered over his contemporaries, altering ideas about buildings and interiors and bringing about a renaissance in the crafts. Many of his textiles are still in production and have never lost their freshness. Morris was arguably the most brilliantly inventive creator of pattern that there has ever been. This is the William Morris being celebrated in a whole succession of centenary exhibitions in Britain, throughout Europe and the United States. The largest and most sumptuous opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London this May. But we must not allow concentration on Morris as the supreme designer of his time to blind us to the fact that there was another William Morris, indeed two. Morris was a man of almost superman energy who was also one of the best known poets of his period, considered on a par with Browning and Tennyson; he was even sounded out as a possible poet laureate on the death of the latter. He was also a political activist, in the thick of revolutionary socialism in the London of the 1880s. These three threads wove in and out of Morriss life and personality like the complex pattern in one of his tapestries. It is possible to trace the beginnings of these passions back right to Morriss childhood. He was born, in 1834, into prosperity. His father was a partner in a firm of discount brokers in the City of London. The Morris family fortune had been made by speculation in copper mines in the western country of Devon. The young Morris was a cosseted child, brought up in a large mansion Woodford Hall in the Essex countryside, just to the north of London. As he grew older, his privileged upbringing engendered immense guilt, and he began to attack social disparity, the “incurably vicious” contrast between the lives of rich and poor in England, with the passion of a man who understood Victorian middle-class complacency because he had been reared in it himself. From this comfortable, bourgeois background, Morris arrived at his convictions of an art that could be classless, a joy to the maker as well as to the user. In contrast to Victorian complexity and luxury, he set out to recover an “art for the people” that was rooted in functional simplicity. 1. What contribution did Morris make as a designer and decorator? A. He reintroduced ideas of the Renaissance period. B. He completely changed ideas about buildings and interiors C. He brought new ideas to the field. D. He combined old and new patterns.2. The author tells us that MorrisA. knew Browning and Tennyson.B. was on very good terms with Browning and Tennyson.C. wrote the same number of works as Browning and Tennyson.D. was a outstanding poet as Browning and Tennyson.3. Morris had three careers. They wereA. designer, decorator and poet.B. designer, poet and political activist.C. designer, decorator and political activist.D. designer, socialist poet and statesmen.4. It can be figured out from the end of the passage that the works of art by Morris wereA. easy for the ordinary man to understand.B. hard for the ordinary man to understand.C. only for the rich to appreciated.D. only for the poor to appreciate.Passage Two During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books. Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their election and use of sources. During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local womens organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources form the core of the two greatest collections of womens history in the United States; one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliff College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians. Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century, most of the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of history, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on “great men”. To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for womens right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary women. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.5. What does the message mainly discuss? A. The role of literature in early American histories. B. The place of American women in written histories. C. The keen sense of history shown by American women. D. The “great women” approach to history used by American historians.6. In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams were mentioned to show thatA. A womans status was changed by marriage.B. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored.C. only three women were able to get their writing published.D. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women.7. In the second paragraph, what weakness in nineteenth century histories does the author point out? A. They put too much emphasis on daily activities.B. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.C. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessary accurate.D. They were printed on poor quality paper.8. On the basis of information in the third paragraph, which of the following would most likely have been collected by nineteenth-century feminist organizations? A. Newspaper accounts of presidential election results. B. Biographies of John Adams C. Letters from a mother to a daughter advising her how to handle a family problem. D. Books about famous graduates of the countrys first college.9. What use was made of the nineteenth-century womens history materials in the Schlesinger Library and Sophia Smith Collection?A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia.B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.C. They provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers.D. They were shared among womens colleges throughout the United States.10. In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-century “ great women” EXCEPT A. authors B. reformers C. activists for womens rights D. politiciansPassage Three Thomas Hardys impulses as a writer, all of which he indulged in his novels, were numer